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Utility engineering helps agencies and contractors avoid unseen expenses and delays Transportation project design and construction, even under the most ideal circumstances, is a challenge for all concerned: the agency who’s paying for the project, the engineer who’s designing it, the contractor who’s building it, and the travelers who are waiting for it to be […]
Two researchers from the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) have been designated Regents Fellows by The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents. Recognized for their “exemplary service to their agency and the people of Texas,” Senior Research Engineer Ginger Goodin and Executive Associate Director Bill Stockton were among the 10 people chosen from the […]
The Center for Advancing Research in Transportation Emissions, Energy, and Health (CARTEEH) is hosting a seminar, Perspectives on Transportation Emissions, Exposures and Health, featuring Dr. Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen of the Barcelona Institute for Global Health. Dr. Nieuwenhuijsen is widely regarded as an expert in the field of air pollution exposures and public health and will […]
Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) Agency Director Greg Winfree was recently profiled in the October 2017 edition of Texas Contractor Magazine. In the interview, he shares how TTI’s vision for 21st century transportation advancements complement the transportation industry’s workforce development efforts as well as higher education initiatives. Read “Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s Winfree Shares Vision for 21st Century Transportation”
Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) Associate Research Scientist Bryan Wilson was recently awarded The American Society for Nondestructive Testing, Inc. (ASNT) Fellowship Award for proposed research titled “Ground Penetrating Radar as a Quality Assurance Tool in Hot-Mix Asphalt Road Construction.” The project advisors are TTI Senior Research Fellow Dallas Little and TTI Research Scientist Stephen Sebesta. […]
The Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) has partnered with the Texas Department of Transportation for nearly 70 years to enhance the safety, mobility and reliability of the state’s transportation system. The trust and seamless interaction we’ve developed as partners were never more important than during Hurricane Harvey, when TTI personnel continuously updated Houston’s traffic management […]
Teens in the Driver Seat®(TDS), the first peer-to-peer program for teens that focuses solely on traffic safety and addresses all major risks for this age group, recently reached a milestone anniversary of 15 years. View TDS 15 Year Report Card According to TDS Founder and Director Russell Henk, this year the program will provide more […]
With a near record number of attendees, the 91st Annual Transportation Short Course — the Texas Department of Transportation’s (TxDOT’s) annual employee gathering — was a time of reflection and celebration for a historic and extremely challenging year. TxDOT is 100 years old this year and dozens of TxDOT employees who went above and beyond […]
The Texas Department of Transportation is hosting a workshop to discuss bicycling in Laredo, Texas. The department would like input on why and where cyclists ride, what bike accommodations are important to them, and what would make them ride more often. Meanwhile, take the survey and tell us what you think! | Take the survey […]
The Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) was presented a 2017 Summit Partnership Award by members of the Irving Transportation Investment Summit, held August 15-16. This was the second year TTI assisted with the long-running Irving transportation gathering to “highlight the growth in Texas’ infrastructure market, build partnerships, encourage transit-oriented development, and develop strategies for increasing […]
This summer, researchers, faculty and students at Texas A&M University explored innovative new ways to use artificial intelligence (AI) to improve campus transportation for mobility-challenged riders on campus. As part of its Campus Transportation Technology Initiative, the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) worked with IBM and the Texas A&M University College of Engineering to explore […]
The Texas A&M University System has signed a five-year master agreement with 3M that expands on a decades-long partnership between 3M and the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) to develop roadway signage and pavement marking technologies. The master agreement, which came about as a result of the availability of transportation testing facilities and expertise located […]
When we think of a roadway, most of us think of the asphalt or concrete that we are riding on. Little thought is given to the ditches that line our roads or how the water flows off our roadways. A Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) researcher has come up with an automated way of determining […]
Optimism about future transportation funding and new efforts to modify regulatory restrictions were prominent themes of Texas A&M University’s National Symposium on the Barriers and Opportunities for Infrastructure Renewal, held at the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center Sept. 18. Members of the Trump Administration and other high-level state and federal officials, as well as private-sector stakeholders, […]
Researchers with the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) have combined their expertise to author Modeling and Design of Flexible Pavements and Materials, a first-of-its-kind book with the potential to transform the way pavements are installed. The approach emphasizes the use of computational modeling to create longer-lasting, less-costly pavements. The authors will share their methodologies and […]
The Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) and the Korea Agency for Infrastructure Technology Advancement (KAIA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) during a luncheon ceremony on July 25 on the Texas A&M University Campus. KAIA is a government agency within the Korean Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. Established in 2002, KAIA is responsible for […]
Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) Agency Director Greg Winfree and TTI Senior Research Engineer Ginger Goodin recently wrote an editorial that was featured in the September 13 edition of the the Washington Times. The editorial, “Pioneering automated travel — and learning along the way,” focuses on the future of automated travel and TTI’s role in […]
Our transportation system will need to change in order to accommodate the dramatic growth in e-commerce, a research project by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) reveals. In numbers that have grown and will likely rise, Americans are going on-line to buy everything from shoes to avocados — with many of their purchases delivered the […]
Located at The Texas A&M University System’s new RELLIS Campus, our headquarters and other facilities will house all the Institute’s employees in College Station, Texas, on one campus for the first time in decades. Volume 53, Number 2 (2017) Adobe PDF version Inside This Issue: At a Glance: The Amount of Drilling Activity in a […]
Damaged roads and devastated homes. Chemical plant explosions in Crosby, Texas. The shutdown of the Colonial Pipeline, which supplies much of the East Coast with fuel. The shockwaves from extreme weather events like Hurricane Harvey can last for years. Getting damaged infrastructure back online is key to public safety, as well as the nation’s economy, […]